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25April 1951
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Kerry Drake Detective Cases #25

Harvey · April 1951

First appearance: Inspector Smith
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Identification plate

Series
Kerry Drake Detective Cases (Harvey, 1948 series)
Issue
#25
Publication date
April 1951
Key date
1951-04-00
Indicia publisher
Harvey Enterprises Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Inspector Smith - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Case of the Pretty Boy Killercover1pencils: Al Avison; inks: Al AvisonKerry Drake
1The Pretty Boy Killercomic story20script: Alfred Andriola; pencils: Alfred Andriola; inks: Alfred AndriolaKerry Drake
2The Case of the Frozen Pencomic story2pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellJackie Paige (reporter); Gil Mason (police lieutenant)
3Beware of These Racketspublic service announcement1
4The Case of Squirreltext story1script: Sandy Burns
5Television Programtext story0.8letters: typeset
6Statement of Ownershipstatement of ownership0.2script: Robert B. Harvey
7-comic story1pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellInspector Smith First

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Sources

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